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Defibrillator, implantable cardiac
A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and correct them. Defibrillators continuously monitor the heart rhythm in order to detect rapid arrhythmias such as >…
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- Nuchal Referring to the back of the neck (nape). For example, nuchal rigidity is a stiff neck, sometimes a symptom…
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia A chronic lung disease of babies, which most commonly develops in the first 4 weeks after birth and most…
- Flexural psoriasis A form of psoriasis found in the armpits, groin, under the breasts and in other flexion creases (skin folds)…
- Varicocele A common scrotal condition characterized by elongation and enlargement of the network of veins leaving the…
- HIPAA Acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide…
- Teratogen, coumadin as The anticoagulant ('blood- thinner') coumadin is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development…
- Acid, amino One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…
- Dementia, multi-infarct See Vascular dementia
- Peripheral artery disease A form of peripheral vascular disease in which there is partial or total blockage of an artery, usually one…
- Fever, epidemic hemorrhagic A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and…